2010 FIFA World Cup Trash Talk Thread!

With the group draws having been made and the dates set, let's hear it on the biggest sporting stage on the planet!

In case anyone hasn't heard, the USA will be opening the tournament on 2010-06-12 at Rustenburg, South Africa against England. Besides the USA and England, the other teams drawn into Group C are Algeria and Slovenia.

BTW, I like that draw - the USA-England match will be one of the marque games this time around - and the USA should have little difficulty advancing into the knockout round.

Sadly I can't stand ESPNs coverage of the Cup. I prefer univision. Remember, Univision (the spanish channel) carries all games live (and replays at night). The only bummer is Univision around here can't seem to get their HD act together.

I think the US will survive and move on, however their critical game will be against Slovenia, especially if it is a draw or lose against the brits. When all else fail, i revert to rooting for Spain, then default to any latin american countries left.

Saw an interesting piece on why FIFA could care less about the U.S. and its fans, money etc. They basically make $4billion on the world cup and it is pure profit - they don't need to support other sports like the olympics or development of people, as the leagues do that.

The sole reason for the World Cup is to showcase the players. They will do it there way, which in many ways I respect. Even though this year Americans bought more tickets than any other nation...

Just wait until we beat England... then all hell will break loose.

CAN'T WAIT!!!

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Enough of the put downs, this thread is for those interested in the games. I don't go badmouthing other sports that I am not a fan of and that I would find to be dreadfully boring if I didn't understand their nuances and the same is appreciated in return.

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Enough of the put downs, this thread is for those interested in the games. I don't go badmouthing other sports that I am not a fan of and that I would find to be dreadfully boring if I didn't understand their nuances and the same is appreciated in return.

Play on!

Mike

Fair enough, I'm out... I hope you guys are all real fans and not hipster d-bags pretending to like soccer because its so exotic and sophisticated as opposed to the American game of football which is just for brutes and meatheads who drink "mersh" beer as opposed to the greatest beer in the world which is of course Pabst Blue Ribbon, and don't understand how important it is to display the proper amount of irony in clothing selection which is of course vintage tee-shirts and old-school footwear selections that can only be found at Salvation Army or an independent clothing store..

How didnt Mexico not beat South Africa? I only watched the first half (it was on after 1am our time) and they were all over the South Africans in attack, just wouldnt have a crack at the goal from anywhere outside the 18 yard box.

"Have you ever wondered if there was more to life, other than being really, really, ridiculously good looking?" Zoolander

South Africa really played defensive in the second half, although they did get several good runs off long goal kicks -- Mpthela broke through on one and hit the freaking post. Mexico had to take some chances and just couldn't get one in.